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Trump proclaims the counterfactual: “If only I had been on the ballot…”?

Trump promoted his vanity projects yesterday and today, devoting to them the majority of his remarks. He spoke from the under-construction ballroom. Tone deaf much? For example, the first 23 of the...

Two more years of veto, reciprocity, and regret.

More smashing and grabbing, wetting his beak, monetary chiseling plus chiseling his name to deter erasure from buildings. The feints and distractions may become more extreme, including and not...

Ukraine Invasion Day 1,714: Bliksem means ‘lightning’

Anti-democratic elements in the US Congress were defeated in the latest national midterm election. A pro-Russian executive branch might see constraints on military disbursement, logistics…

After the hate and lies, GOP election interference and voter disenfranchisement remains

Post-election lawfare might increase but get more incompetent like the vague 20,000 ballot set-aside in California because the list might or might not have people who are / are not undocumented...

“We’re giving serious thought to changing the name to the Trump Reflecting Pool”

Trump at the not-blue fiasco pool, irony is truly dead from Krasnov doubling down on the same lies.

Ukraine Invasion Day 1,712: RU marginal gains and massive losses

Yesterday had the 3rd-highest daily RU casualties of the war, and combat engagements rose well above average 73% of incoming drones intercepted. However, October was a record month both for Russian…

From Haley’s grapes to Fred’s Potemkin desk

Assuming the party’s nominee wins the general election, a bullet was dodged rather than winding up with some version of Manchin, Sinema, or Fetterman. However, doing a photo-op with Mike Rogers makes…

IRAN WAR WEEK 36, day # 1 : Ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz hit record high in October

As Trump brags about U.S. oil and gas company profits, his stocks gained millions during Iran war.

Ukraine Invasion Day 1,710: RU oil refineries hit. Dum(b)ass thinks diesel price will drop

The residual of the Trump diesel deal has several tankers idle in the Atlantic because US law might be violated if their cargo was unloaded. While 140,000 tons sounds like a lot, it is Trumpian...

Desperate GOPhascism doing scorched earth against blue states

Alaska’s redundant lawfare is a tactical feint that could build up to Tuesday, accompanied by likely weeks of lawfare. The state courts have already ruled on the Republican’s specious claims that…

Did Trump expect 10,000 on Halloween, or was it really about a golf weekend.

Trump’s having a bit of trouble getting places, doing not a few ‘walkabout’ wanderings, weaving when taking longer walks between aircraft. He does need some rest considering that canceling rallies in…

“There’s nothing like seeing a cult right up front.”

Death metal, death cult – not just Jonestown or a bit, a Fox News producer chose wrong and Trump welcomes another criminal politician fleeing prosecution.

Ukraine Invasion Day 1,709: RU daytime long-range drone/loitering munition strikes kill 19

The realtor-diplomats continue working on Ukraine to make unilateral concessions favorable to Russia. Meanwhile, the diesel fuel on sanctioned tankers have yet to arrive, while oligarchs now make…

Should the golden goose become Foie gras

The 2022 midterm election cycle was the most expensive in history, with outside donors spending more than $2 billion on federal midterm candidates, according to Open Secrets…

Ukraine Invasion Day 1,708: RU drone hits train station, 14 dead

Stephen Miller, not King: ICE vehicle runs over people in Texas while pursuing immigrant who died 9...

ICE Says Man Ran in Front of SUV, similar to the ones who run in front of bullets. Like the thousands of ballot names pursued by the DoJ oddly only in Democratic states, DHS does its arbitrary and…

Truth be told. Never been harder to rouse rabble

The Republican closing argument in Texas has come down to calling James Talarico a “meat-hating socialist.” –Donald J.

Ukraine Invasion Day 1,707: Putin claims NATO expansion is a “root cause” rather than RU incursions

Putin’s positions have not fundamentally changed, he wants to re-colonize Ukraine, install a pro-Russian government and even erase its culture. Posturing with European leaders continues.

Ukraine Invasion Day 1,706: innovative UKR jet-powered interceptors still needed

Ukrainian forces have defeated the 2026 Russian campaign to seize Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine had a slightly lower but still relatively high interception rate of Russian jet-powered drones during the…

AntiCapitalist MeetUp: we’re not at the brink, but we can see it from here

At one moment in its history, the KKK was called an “invisible empire”. A similar empire or its imperialist members now reside in the national government, where even the GOP has been colonized…